GARTH BROOKS celebrated a career milestone by showering a fan with gifts after she became the four millionth person to buy a ticket to one of his concerts.

The country legend left the unidentified female teacher stunned when she showed up to his gig in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Thursday and invited her backstage to meet him and his wife, fellow singer Trisha Yearwood.

However, the surprises didn’t stop there as Garth and Trisha then handed her the keys to both a little red Corvette and a black Jeep Cherokee, $5,000 for a shopping spree, and a trip to Las Vegas for her family.

The superstar couple also revealed it was paying off her outstanding student loans, reports TMZ.com.

Thursday’s gig, with Trisha as Garth’s support act, marked the start of a six-show stint at the Van Andel Arena, which included a double performance on Saturday.

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Country superstar Garth Brooks’ comeback concerts in Ireland have sold out in less than an hour after fans camped out for days in a bid to land tickets.

The singer boasts a huge fan base in the country and is set to perform in Ireland in July, for the first time since 1997.

Devotees began sleeping on the streets outside ticket-selling venues across the country earlier this week to buy passes for his three shows at Dublin’s Croke Park on Thursday morning.

It has now been confirmed that the 200,000 tickets available sold out within 60 minutes.

Brooks announced his Irish comeback in person at Croke Park earlier this month, insisting the dates will be a warm-up ahead of his world tour in the autumn.

He said, “Before we go back on tour in the fall (autumn) of 2014, I want to challenge myself, the
band, and crew. In ’97, we were lucky enough to play Croke Park, the stadium was under construction. … I was quoted then as saying ‘When this stadium is finished, I would love to come back and try to fill it again … this time to the brink.’… And we’re back to do just that.”

The shows will take place July 25–27.

Brooks previously retired from touring and recording music in 2001 to focus on raising his three daughters with wife Trisha Yearwood.

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Garth Brooks has become a first-time grandfather at 51.

The country music superstar’s 19-year-old daughter August and her boyfriend Chance Michael Russell welcomed a baby girl named Karalynn in Oklahoma earlier this week, and the star is overjoyed by the new addition to his family.

In a statement, the 51 year old writes, “Our family would first like to thank everyone for their warm wishes and sweet celebration of Baby K’s arrival.

“Our children’s lives have always been extremely private and they have been endlessly encouraged to be their own people. We have always wanted them to be individuals and not be known as ‘someone’s daughters.’ I have been amazed and grateful how the press has always respected this. I now ask that respect to please continue as this young family begins the greatest days of their lives.”

August is Brooks’ middle daughter of three from his first marriage to songwriter Sandy Mahl, who he divorced in 2001. He is currently married to fellow country star Trisha Yearwood.

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Singer Trisha Yearwood embarked on a major health overhaul after learning her husband, Garth Brooks, was set to perform at the Academy of Country Music Awards, because she felt he deserved to walk the red carpet with sexy “arm candy.”

The “How Do I Live” hit maker has lost a whopping 30 pounds in the last fourth months after adding more vegetables to her diet and amping up her gym routine, and Yearwood admits her main source of weight-loss
inspiration was a form-fitting Stella McCartney dress she planned to wear to the Las Vegas awards ceremony in support of her husband on April 7.

She tells People magazine, “I’d been working hard and losing inches, but I wondered, ‘Can I fit into that?’ It was tight (but,) I felt confident. It was a wow dress.”

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And while Yearwood is proud of her new look, she insists it’s an everyday battle to stay on track with her diet, adding, “I don’t think you can name one diet I haven’t done. I’m that girl who buys every magazine where somebody’s lost 30 pounds. But I guess part of me didn’t want to hear that it’s just really hard work!

“I don’t have it all figured out. But right now I’m having more days that I win the battle than days I lose.”

But she confesses she still has her cheat days, admitting the first thing she did after the ACM Awards was splurge on a tasty meal on the plane back to Oklahoma to reward herself for all her hard work, explaining, “We got on the plane, the sweats were on, and I had an In-N-Out burger with fries and two dark chocolate Reese’s (peanut butter) cups!”

Brooks had hoped to whisk his wife and his kids from his previous marriage off for a special meal in Las Vegas on Saturday after kicking off the first night of his five-year residency at the Wynn Encore Casino resort.

But he had to alter his big plans at short notice because of a change in his kid’s school schedule.

He tells People.com, “We had a big night planned and at the last minute they moved the youngest one’s Christmas carol program to that night.

“I promised them a big, fancy dinner, but we went and grabbed McDonald’s fries and went home.”

The Vegas concert marked the end of Brooks’ retirement from the music industry.

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Superstar Garth Brooks has confirmed he’s making a country comeback, seven years after he announced his retirement.

The 45-year-old declared his intention to cease touring and recording in 2000, but has now changed his mind with a new single and a greatest hits collection, which includes a further three new tracks, due for release later this year.

And Brooks, who is married to singer Trisha Yearwood, is looking forward to seeing how he fares against a new generation of country stars.

He says, “Sure I’m scared to death — I’m rusty and I’ve seen these young guys. But I’m a competitor and when it’s game day you start competing.

“Keith Urban is a beautiful guy, and he’s just one of about 50 guys out there I’ll have to face this fall so if you don’t bring your A game you’re going to get run over.

“And I’m Mr. Yearwood now so I want to make her proud.”

But Brooks has no plans to tour and hints he may head back to retirement after the new material’s release.

He says, “We’ll go back to what I was doing before and sit on our butts for a while after the promo work for the new album is complete.”